Senate roll call 286 · 49th Congress · Jul 27, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of james h. Mcleary, as associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of montana.
On Jul 27, 1886, the Senate voted 32–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 7–24, Democrats 29–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 27, 1886
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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